DPR to demolish 150 petrol stations in Akwa Ibom

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR),says that it would demolish over 150 illegal petrol stations in Akwa Ibom.  DPR Controller of operations, Asuquo Antai, told newsmen that the stations, which were built on unsuitable sites, had no licence to operate.
He said though some of the station owners have commenced the regularisation of their documents, the development was unhealthy.

Antai advised the marketers to always get appropriate guidelines before going into the business. He said the various fire incidents that occurred in some parts of the country and outside the country were through illegal location of petrol stations.

He commended the government of the state for demolishing stations without town planning authority permission to build in residential areas.